New business is being written on visibly better terms than the company's own recent norm, and the mix shift has just beg
The model's full reasoning — Q1 2023 call → NOWe need to determine if management indicates that the economic terms of the newest business have stepped up meaningfully above the company's own recent norm, and that this improvement has only begun to flow into reported results because most business in reported numbers was still written at older terms. We need to look for evidence in the transcript. The question is about "economic terms" like prices, rates, fees, spreads, contract sizes, durations, profitability. The improvement must be against the company's own recent past, and it must be actually achieved on current transactions, not just targeted. Also, the reported results still mostly reflect old terms. Let's scan the transcript for any such statements. Management discusses various businesses: MFS, SLC Management, Canada, U.S., Asia. They talk about sales growth, premium growth, new business CSM, etc. But we need specific language about terms improving. For example, in the U.S., they mention "strong premium growth" and "favorable experience" but not necessarily better pricing. In Asia, they mention sales growth, but not necessarily better terms. In Canada, they mention "wider investment spreads" and "volume growth" but that might be about investment income, not new business terms. The question is about "the company's newest business" - meaning recent deals, contracts, etc. Are they being struck at better terms than recent norm? And is that improvement only beginning to flow into results? Look for phrases like "pricing", "rates", "spreads", "margins", "profitability" of new business. Also, "new business CSM" is a measure of profitability of new business. They reported new business CSM of $257 million, up 50% year-over-year. That could indicate better profitability of new business. But is that due to better terms or just higher sales volume? They said "driven by the impact of new insurance business in Canada and Asia." Also, they mention "favorable sales mix" in Hong Kong, Philippines, high net worth. That could be better terms.
| Ticker | Company | Call | Date | Call grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTO | CTO Realty Growth, Inc. | Q2 2023 | 2023-07-28 | B |
| CARS | Cars.com Inc. | Q1 2023 | 2023-05-06 | B |
| BRX | Brixmor Property Group Inc. | Q1 2023 | 2023-05-02 | A |
| CRBG | Corebridge Financial, Inc. | Q4 2022 | 2023-02-22 | B |
| FLR | Fluor Corporation | Q2 2022 | 2022-08-05 | D |
| CRL | Charles River Laboratories International | Q2 2022 | 2022-08-03 | C |
| BRKL | Brookline Bancorp, Inc. | Q2 2022 | 2022-07-30 | B+ |
| INVH | Invitation Homes Inc. | Q2 2022 | 2022-07-28 | B+ |
| MTB | M&T Bank Corporation | Q2 2022 | 2022-07-20 | B+ |
| GFS | GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc. | Q3 2021 | 2021-11-30 | A |
| GNK | Genco Shipping & Trading Limited | Q2 2021 | 2021-08-07 | A |
| ESS | Essex Property Trust, Inc. | Q2 2018 | 2018-08-03 | B+ |
| ALLY | Ally Financial Inc. | Q1 2018 | 2018-04-26 | B+ |
CRL · Q2 2022 → YESThe question is about whether management indicates that the economic terms of the company's newest business have stepped up meaningfully above the company's own recent norm, and that this improvement ...YES Management's comments on Safety Assessment pricing and backlog directly address both required elements: they describe current bookings and backlog at "escalating prices" and "meaningful price increases" that are already achieved on real transactions (not targets or future expectations), while noting that the reported Q2 results are still dominated by older 2022 terms and that the stronger pricing is accelerating into H2 and 2023 bookings.
ESS · Q2 2018 → YESThe question is about whether management indicates that the economic terms of the company's newest business have stepped up meaningfully above the company's own recent norm, and that this improvement ...YES Management describes the loss-to-lease metric rising to 3.
CTO · Q2 2023 → YESThe question is about whether management indicates that the economic terms of the company's newest business have stepped up meaningfully above the company's own recent norm, and that this improvement ...